Athlon II N350 vs Core i3-3217UE
Primary details
Comparing Core i3-3217UE and Athlon II N350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2490 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | no data | AMD Athlon II |
Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
Release date | 1 August 2012 (12 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core i3-3217UE and Athlon II N350 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
Bus support | no data | 3200 MHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | no data |
Chip lithography | 22 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 118 mm2 | 117.5 mm2 |
Number of transistors | no data | 234 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Core i3-3217UE and Athlon II N350 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
Socket | Intel BGA1023 | S1 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-3217UE and Athlon II N350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
AVX | + | no data |
VirusProtect | no data | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-3217UE and Athlon II N350 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | no data | + |
VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-3217UE and Athlon II N350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | unknown Dual-channel | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | Intel HD 4000 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 1 August 2012 | 4 October 2010 |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 22 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 35 Watt |
i3-3217UE has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.
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